CVE-2009-2847
linux: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The do_sigaltstack function in kernel/signal.c in Linux kernel 2.4 through 2.4.37 and 2.6 before 2.6.31-rc5, when running on 64-bit systems, does not clear certain padding bytes from a structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel stack via the sigaltstack function.
- EPSS
- 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 60% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
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Affected
- linux:kernel
- linux:linux_kernel